In China, battery makers bet big on sodium in move away from critical minerals As the rest of the world tries to catch up with China in making lithium-ion batteries, Chinese manufacturers have already moved into a new battleground: sodium-ion, a technology that is set to revolut...

China move to “mass production” of sodium batteries for both transport and large-scale energy storage as alternative to lithium.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - the BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation The government is consulting the public to aid decision-making on the terms for the BBC Charter’s renewal and any changes needed to help the BBC to continue to serve the public.

The BBC needs proper funding (probs universal) and robust independence if it is to thrive, which is essential for our democracy. That’s my opinion, what’s yours? 👇

Scientists up in arms as flying lab has its wings clipped Faam, the airborne laboratory deployed after the eruption of an Icelandic volcano shut airspace in 2010, will be grounded after government funding was cut

The decision by @ukri.org to scrap the UK's flying atmospheric laboratory (FAAM) after spending >£40M on an upgrade & with zero consultation, is short sighted. FAAM has saved the UK economy more than it costs through responding to disasters.

400 scientists respond: www.thetimes.com/article/406e...

Please don't make me tap the sign

omg

This is the point.

Lost species to be released as Labour seeks to stave off Greens’ election threat Push for good nature news before polls with reintroduction of white-tailed eagles, pine martens and beavers in England

Feels like an episode of The Thick of It.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Giving humans in Wall-E vibes

Trump's lies vs. the last four weeks of extreme weather reality:

Our BBC: A blueprint for a more independent and future-proofed BBC Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

To have a solid, strong, future-oriented #BBC, we need to guarantee its long-term existence, remove political interference, give it adequate funding, & ensure citizens have a real voice in its *governance* (not in editorial, creative or operational decisions). More here:

demos.co.uk/research/our...

Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

You may’ve seen coverage of a new report on the threat to national security from environmental collapse.

A common response that’s got my goat is: “Look, it’s not just tree-hugging enviros saying this, it’s hard-nosed spooks!”

A short thread on why this framing is bad history & bad politics🧵😡😉

So it's now news Hinkley Point C will be really expensive?

FFS, I & others were trying to tell people this over a decade ago, before contracts were signed

But the nuclear-political establishment thought they knew better

They didn't. Not for the first time

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Green Screen: Fires and Fascism + Director Q&A | Showtimes and Tickets Green Screen Presents... Fires & Fascism followed by Q&A with Director Dr Pete Knapp    Norwich - Wednesday 19th Nov Brighton - Tuesday 9th Dec   Fires and Fascism shows the cau...

Fires & Fascism showing at:
Norwich, Cinema City
Wed 19 Nov, 6pm
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

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This looks great!

Melissa becomes third Category 5 hurricane of the extraordinary 2025 season Updates and summaries on tropical Atlantic activity... including easterly waves, tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes.

For only the second time in recorded history, an Atlantic season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes... the previous year was 2005. This puts 2025 in an elite class of hurricane seasons. It also means that nearly 7% of all known Category 5 hurricanes have occurred just in this year.
#Melissa

Its out! Our new Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which ranks 30 countries on how actively they support #mediafreedom beyond their borders through diplomatic, funding and safety initiatives.

Key findings here: jdem.org/the-imfs-ind...
Full report here: jdem.org/wp-content/u...

Great piece by Kitty Cresswell Riol on the feminst power of the bicycle. If you are in Norwich then join us tomorrow (Weds 22nd Oct) on the Norwich Glow Ride at 630pm tomorrow outside City Hall.

10 days left to apply for this course!

Many amazing scholars will contribute to this course, including @untamed.bsky.social, @dudleymarianna.bsky.social, Abigail Harrison Moore, Alice Owen, and @andersriel.bsky.social!

#envhist #energyhistory #envhum

It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.

Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today.

Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN CHINA Almost 40C

Up to at 39.3C Jiannang,39.0 Jiangde,38.7 Quzhou,38.6 Chagshan,38.5 Jiangshan and Shangrao,48.4 Yunhe,38.3 Lanzi and Yushan,38.2 Nanfeng etc
83 new records of October highest temperature (36 Maxes+47 Mins)
Almost 1000 in East Asia already!

The Self-Financing State: An Institutional Analysis of Government Expenditure, Revenue Collection and Debt Issuance Operations in the United Kingdom This article provides the first detailed institutional analysis of the UK government’s expenditure, revenue collection, and debt issuance processes. We show that public expenditure is always financ...

As the government panics about bond market gyrations, its always useful to understand how the UK government actually finances itself: by creating new money, just like a bank.

New paper with @AskerVoldsgaard, Neil Wilson, Andrew Berkeley and Richard Tye.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

>40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study

Petition for UK academics asking govt to facilitate a biometric visa deferral and open a route of safe passage

Sign & share ⏬️

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

From the action. Photo credit Denise Laura Baker

BREAKING: Scientists are occupying the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) in London. They are demanding capital requirements for fossil fuels to urgently address climate breakdown.

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The Misleading Panic over Misinformation People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.

🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...

Great 'streamgraph' on the rise, fall and rise of nuclear in the UK.

In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why

The public discourse is not keeping up.

Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵

Forget the "Joe Rogan of the Left," Where's the Rupert Murdoch? Something can be repeated over and over, a story told ten different ways, and then one particular frame or graphic or turn of phrase makes it take hold. There are plenty of people who claim to know ex...

Absolute must-read here from @amywestervelt.bsky.social

“The question is not: who is the Joe Rogan of the left? But rather … who is the Rupert Murdoch of the left?